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NASCAR Xfinity Series at Las Vegas

The LiUNA! (spring)
Focused Health 302 (fall)
NASCAR Xfinity Series
VenueLas Vegas Motor Speedway
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Corporate sponsorLaborers' International Union of North America[1] (spring race)
Focused Health (fall race)
First race1997 (spring race)
2018 (fall race)
DistanceSpring race:
 300 miles (482.80 km)
Fall race:
 301.5 miles (485.22 km)
Laps200 (Spring)/201 (Fall)
Stages 1/2: 45 each
Final stage: 110 (Spring)/111 (Fall)
Previous namesSpring race:
Las Vegas 300 (1997)
Sam's Town Las Vegas 300 (1998)
Sam's Town 300 (1999–2013)
Boyd Gaming 300 (2014–2020)
Alsco Uniforms 300 (2021–2023)
Fall race:
DC Solar 300 (2018)
Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300 (2019)
Alsco 300 (2020)
Alsco Uniforms 302 (2021–2023)
Ambetter Health 302 (2024)
Most wins (driver)Mark Martin (4)
Most wins (team)Roush Fenway Racing (6)
Most wins (manufacturer)Chevrolet (18)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Turns4

Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Xfinity Series has been held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada since the track opened 1997. Currently, the track holds two Xfinity Series races. The 300-mile (480 km) spring race is currently The LiUNA! and the 301.5-mile (485 km) playoff race held in the fall is currently the Focused Health 302.

History

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The track's spring race was known as the Alsco Uniforms 300 from 2021 to 2023

In 1997, after the track opened, Las Vegas Motor Speedway received a second-tier series date as a support to the Cup Series event. The race has usually been held as one of the first five races of the season.

On March 8, 2017, it was announced that Las Vegas Motor Speedway, would get a second Cup date, a second Xfinity date, and a second Truck date starting in 2018. The fall Cup and Truck Series races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway were moved to Las Vegas and Kentucky Speedway's fall Xfinity Series date (which had been a standalone race for the series) was moved to Las Vegas.[2] The new date that Las Vegas acquired from Kentucky became the final race of the regular season to replace the Overton's 300 at Chicagoland Speedway which moved to June. Due to anti-Buschwhacking rules, no drivers running for Cup Series points were permitted to race in the fall race.

In 2019, with the announcement of the track's September weekend going prime-time, the race became a Saturday night event. For 2022, the fall race received an extra lap in the process to make the race close to 302 miles with the event being 301.5 miles/201 laps in length. (This is similar to the Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (another SMI track), which is 301 miles in length.)

In 2021, Alsco became the title sponsor of the spring Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas, replacing Boyd Gaming, which had been the title sponsor from 2014 to 2020.[3]

In 2024, the Laborers' International Union of North America Local 872 (the branch of the union based in Las Vegas) became the title sponsor of the track's spring Xfinity Series race, replacing Alsco.[1] Alsco also did not return as the title sponsor of the fall race and Ambetter (owned by the Centene Corporation) became the title sponsor of that race.[4] Ambetter also did not return as the title sponsor of the fall race and Focused Health partnered with Las Vegas Motor Speedway.[5]

Past winners

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Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph) 		Ref
Laps Miles (km)
1997 March 16 8 Jeff Green Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:37:41 114.153 [6]
1998 February 28 12 Jimmy Spencer Spencer Motor Ventures Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:37:43 114.129 [7]
1999 March 6 60 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 200 300 (482.803) 2:13:57 134.37 [8]
2000 March 4 9 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 200 300 (482.803) 2:13:13 135.118 [9]
2001 March 3 00 Todd Bodine Buckshot Racing Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:23:17 125.625 [10]
2002 March 2 9 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 200 300 (482.803) 2:25:24 123.796 [11]
2003 March 1 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:35:44 115.582 [12]
2004 March 6 21 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:27:20 122.172 [13]
2005 March 12 9 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 200 300 (482.803) 2:27:21 122.158 [14]
2006* March 11 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge 206* 309 (497.287) 2:28:08 125.158 [15]
2007* March 10 29 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:52:12 104.53 [16]
2008 March 1 5 Mark Martin JR Motorsports Chevrolet 202* 303 (487.631) 2:48:09 108.118 [17]
2009 February 28 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 209* 313.5 (504.529) 2:56:16 106.713 [18]
2010 February 27 33 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:27:38 121.924 [19]
2011* March 5 32 Mark Martin Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:15:33 132.792 [20]
2012 March 10 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 300 (482.803) 2:21:46 129.969 [21]
2013 March 9 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Ford 200 300 (482.803) 2:23:54 125.087 [22]
2014 March 8 22 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 200 300 (482.803) 2:16:22 131.997 [23]
2015 March 7 33 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:22:50 126.021 [24]
2016 March 5 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 300 (482.803) 2:03:47 145.415 [25]
2017 March 11 12 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 200 300 (482.803) 2:31:52 118.525 [26]
2018 March 3 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:16:29 131.884 [27]
September 15 42 Ross Chastain Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:30:56 119.258 [28]
2019 March 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 213* 319.5 (514.185) 2:35:12 123.518 [29]
September 14 2 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:10:10 138.234 [30]
2020 February 22–23 98 Chase Briscoe Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 200 300 (482.803) 2:19:44 128.817 [31]
September 26 98 Chase Briscoe Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 200 300 (482.803) 2:20:51 127.796 [32]
2021 March 6 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:38:10 113.804 [33]
September 25 1 Josh Berry JR Motorsports Chevrolet 201 301.5 (485.217) 2:26:28 123.509 [34]
2022 March 5 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 300 (482.803) 2:56:15 102.128 [35]
October 15 8 Josh Berry JR Motorsports Chevrolet 201 301.5 (485.217) 2:04:14 145.613 [36]
2023 March 4 21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 2:11:51 136.519 [37]
October 14 98 Riley Herbst Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 201 301.5 (485.217) 2:18:31 130.598 [38]
2024 March 2 20 John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 300 (482.803) 2:11:15 137.143 [39]
October 19 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 201 301.5 (485.217) 2:22:12 127.215 [40]

Multiple winners (drivers)

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# Wins Driver Years Won
4 Mark Martin Spring: 1999, 2005, 2008, 2011
3 Jeff Burton Spring: 2000, 2002, 2007
2 Kevin Harvick Spring: 2004, 2010
Kyle Busch Spring: 2016, 2019
Chase Briscoe Spring: 2020
Fall: 2020
Josh Berry Fall: 2021–2022
A. J. Allmendinger Spring: 2021
Fall: 2024

Multiple winners (teams)

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# Wins Team Years Won
6 Roush Fenway Racing Spring: 1999–2000, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2012
5 Richard Childress Racing Spring: 2004, 2007, 2015, 2023
Fall: 2019
4 Joe Gibbs Racing Spring: 2016, 2019, 2022, 2024
3 Team Penske Spring: 2013–2014, 2017
Stewart–Haas Racing Spring: 2020
Fall: 2020, 2023
2 JR Motorsports Fall: 2021–2022
Kaulig Racing Spring: 2021
Fall: 2024

Manufacturer wins

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# Wins Make Years Won
18 United States Chevrolet Spring: 1997–1998, 2001, 2003–2004, 2007–2008, 2010–2011, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2023
Fall: 2018–2019, 2021–2022, 2024
12 United States Ford Spring: 1999–2000, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2012–2014, 2017, 2020
Fall: 2020, 2023
4 Japan Toyota Spring: 2016, 2019, 2022, 2024
1 United States Dodge Spring: 2006

References

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  1. ^ a b "LiUNA Local 872 named sponsor 2024 spring Xfinity race at Las Vegas". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 16, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  2. ^ Bruce, Tim. "2018 XFINITY Series rules include expanding Indianapolis aero package". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Alsco Widens Its Footprint with Speedway Motorsports in 2021". Speedway Motorsports (Press release). Business Wire. February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  4. ^ "Ambetter Health 302". Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Speedway Motorsports. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  5. ^ "Focused Health partners with Las Vegas Motor Speedway to sponsor annual fall Xfinity race". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 19, 2024. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
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  29. ^ "2019 Boyd Gaming 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  30. ^ "2019 Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  31. ^ "2020 Boyd Gaming 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  32. ^ "2020 Alsco 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
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